Langage Definition
langage
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Anglo-Norman
Alternative forms
Noun
langage m. (oblique plural langages, nominative singular langages, nominative plural langage)
- language
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Si savoit parler mains langages
- He knew how to speak many languages
- Si savoit parler mains langages
- circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
French
Alternative forms
- language (archaic or misspelling)
Etymology
Old French (and Middle French) language, from Vulgar Latin *linguaticum (corresponding to langue + -age), from Latin lingua (“tongue, speech, language”), from Old Latin *dingua, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue, speech, language”).
Pronunciation
Noun
langage m. (plural langages)
- language
- Surveille ton langage!
- Watch your language!
- Surveille ton langage!
Related terms
- see langue
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